Vacation, Vacation, Vacation

Why is it so hard to follow a healthy lifestyle when you are away from home?

Actually, I did pretty well (note to self - stop beating yourself up!) The fact that my dear husband prepared meals in advance was a godsend, as is he. But there is something about being on vacation that tempts me in ways that I am usually not tempted at all. For example "let's go get an ice cream cone!" or "how about an afternoon game of Scrabble over a nice cold one?" were muttered a few too many times. So my "Quest", and the reason for this blog in the first place, got slightly sidelined.

Okay, here's the part where I listen to myself and stop being so negative. I did workout every day for a full week while at the cottage. Some days my workout consisted of a 30 or 40 minute run (someone could have warned me about country roads and the amount of inclines and (thankfully!) declines that they have). On other days, I would head out for an hour of kayaking or pedal-boating. We even walked 30 minutes in the sweltering heat one afternoon so that we could kick a soccer ball around on a soccer pitch that we had seen on one of our trips to town. We lasted about 20 minutes (soccer didn't seem that hard when I was young). Of course, we then realized that we had to walk back!

All that to say that I did exercise every day and other than an ice-cream (or two) and a bit too much alcohol, even our eating wasn't too bad. So why, then, am I feeling so sluggish? It's not like I don't have energy, because I do. But I know that I do not feel as energized as I usually do. Just the smallest slide off of my healthy bandwagon and I feel it. We're not talking about sliding off for a day or two, but it's now been almost two weeks and even though I have probably exercised more than many of my friends and have been eating healthy(ish) meals, I still notice a difference. As I wrote above, I'm trying not to beat myself up for it, but am I ever looking forward to getting back on track.

There's something about vacations that make you start planning when you will take your next one, where you will go, and what type of get-away it will be. My husband and I have decided that as relaxing as our cottage stay was, it still meant we (he) had to cook, we (he) had to wash dishes, and then of course we (he) had to clean up the cottage before leaving and pack up the car. I found it to be a bit exhausting at times, having to watch him work so hard (wink wink, nudge nudge). So we're heading south for our next vacation, to an all-inclusive resort, and will likely plan it for January or February 2011. Having made the decision, you know what that means don't you? BATHING SUIT SHOPPING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!! And with only five months to go, it is imperative that I get back to my "Quest" because I refuse (refuse!) to buy a bathing suit that does not look good and that I am not comfortable in. Of course, if my godsend has his way, we'll be booking ourselves into some clothing optional resort and I won't have to worry about bathing suits at all! But that, my friends, is another blog all-together :-D